On TNA Impact, Sabin and Aries ripped and tore it up in the main event, with Sabin recapturing the X-Division belt. Yeah, it was a three-way that also included the newly-named Manic (why not just have him be Perkins?), but he got taken out of the game by the Aces...

But damn, great way to end the show and a nice surprise in Sabin winning the gold, seeing as how the champ can challenge Bully Ray. I don't see it winding up as Sabin vs. Bully, maybe like a three-way with Aries, but it was still great to see someone get instantly elevated.

Also on Impact, Daniels and Kazarian came out dressed like Siegfried and Roy (Taz mouthfarted "Neil Diamond"), Magnus joined the MEM as its fourth member, Jeff beat Joseph Park by DQ as Joe slowly continues his morph back into Abyss, and Bully Ray quoted From Dusk till Dawn/Resevoir Dogs when he said "Okay, ramblers, let's get ramblin'."

Oh, and they also decided to bring up, on Impact, the fact the Brooke Hogan was now engaged to Phil Costa. They could have just ignored it and continued with the storyline as-is. I mean, we were all just going with the angle anyhow, as repulsive as accompanying imagery was. No one thought Brooke and Bully were married. We're okay with everyone having their actual life to return to back home. Now, with Brooke's real life relationship being brought up, things are just extra hinky. Because now we're supposed to think that her engagement to Costa is, like, a rebound relationship from Bully. It didn't need to be mentioned at all. It makes me wonder how blurred the lines are for, say, an average TNA fan. Were they actively clamoring about the news of Brooke's engagement so much that TNA felt like they had to mention it on TV?

The Gutcheck business continues to be a weird, confusing beast, with another round passing where neither guy made it through. And, more surprisingly, Ryan Howe made it to the final judging round over the other dude. Ryan, who (as I mentioned last week) is somehow instantly hateable on seismic levels, came to the ring and made things oh so much worse for himself by continuing to be... Ryan. He got two "No"s in a row and the crowd popped huge. It was just a big pile on. And now, with both Joey Ryan and Taeler Hendrix having been released last week, I once again question the entire point of Gutcheck. Especially since Joey Ryan has been the only guy to come in so far with a working gimmick. Everyone else is as dull as decaf coffee. They're all just a "guy who really wants to be a pro-wrestler." Only the tights are different. And say what you will about Ryan Howe, but he got a reaction. A freakin' s*** reaction, but one could say that his unintentional gimmick of being an indescribably annoying could work. Brad Maddox just got made RAW GM for having the same qualities.

Copious amounts of "props" and "ups" to Dio, who brought his stand-by, trusty "GDYC" sign to RAW last night. Yes, he keeps it pristine for whenever RAW rolls into town. Ours is the Fury, indeed.

Yes, I thought I'd post a more recent photo of Daffney this week - modeling a shirt from Barber Shop Window! Don't forget that SHINE 11, which celebrates the company's first year anniversary, is this Friday on iPPV. Also, if you're in the L.A. area (which I used to be *sob*), Daffney will be doing a signing session on Saturday the 20th at The Wrestling Guy Store in Huntington Park. Which is, shall we say, sublimely "inner city." Another way to describe it? Zeb Colter would hate it there. Good street tacos though. So treat her well, my old city-mates. I'll be there in spirit. Which is my dispirited way of expressing my full regret.

Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr. I'll be in Orlando this Thursday for the grand opening of the new WWE Performance Center and, if allowed, I'm going to Tweetstablarg the hell out of it. In fact, there's a high chance that I won't even enjoy any of it because I'll have my nose buried in my phone the whole time.